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The effect of education on radiation risk perception of high school students   OYLUMLUOĞLU Emine Handan1, and BÜKE Tayfun2   1. Muğla Menteşe Gazi Anadolu Lisesi, 48000-Muğla-Turkey (eminehandan@gmail.com) 2. Energy Systems Engineering Department, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, 48000-Muğla-Turkey (tbuke@mu.edu.tr) Abstract: Radiation risk perception seems to be quite different because radiation is not well known issue by society.Therefore, preliminarily the case about radiation risk perception of society should be known and, as a result of education the changing of radiation risk perception should be determined. The aim of this study is to determine the level of radiation knowledge and the knowledge of radiation risk perception of young people who have a certain level of education and are easier to educate if they are educated about the topic and to correct the perception errors and the radio phobia effect on radiation risks in young people. For this purpose, a questionnaire consisting of 20 questions was prepared with help of the literature. In the studying process, this questionnaire was applied to 362 students in 11th grade class of Muğla Menteşe Fen Lisesi, Muğla Menteşe Öğretmen Anadolu Lisesi, Muğla Menteşe Anadolu Lisesi and Muğla Menteşe Gazi Anadolu Lisesi which are in Menteşe district of Muğla. As a result of this study, it has been demonstrated the importance of education in correcting perception errors of radiation risk.  Keyword: radiation; risk perception; acceptance; likert scale; questionnaire
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